Explore creating a cookiecutter.json config

[decause-gov]

Using a metadata standard like publiccode.yaml, or code.json, we can use cookiecutter to gather metadata about which SDG's a project is related to.

Links for reference:

• https://yml.publiccode.tools/index.html
• https://code.gov/agency-compliance/compliance/inventory-code
• https://github.com/GSA/code-gov-data/blob/master/schemas/schema-2.0.0.json

[decause-gov]

01/08 Update: our team has been experimenting with using Static Web Forms generated from json configuration files to gather repository metadata manually from users from the web, in addition to Cookiecutter, which gathers data from the commandline. We will update this ticket with a link to our repository when the code is shipped :)

[david-lippert]

Software Heritage uses Codemeta.json which is based on schema.org. This might be another standard to research.

It is not clear to me how to define a standard, but here are some requirements off the top of my head:

• broad enough to support research & production projects as well as projects of different types (tech, non-tech, etc.)
• leveraging existing standards (schemas, protocols (json, yml, md))
• interoperable across multiple environments (not just supporting github)
• lightweight and easy to create (by maintainers or contributors) and use (by APIs)
• flexible to add more details when available, but minimal details are still useful (e.g. just SDG = 13 useful, but add justification for high relevancy and details about addressing specific targets or indicators as well)
• clear language to communicate to the world (can we even use SDG or should we spell it out)

[decause-gov]

IDEA: Fork the codejson-generator project to create a form for determining what SDG a project relates to.

Convert the SDG indicators into questions like "Does your project help to eradicate poverty?" https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal1#targets_and_indicators
and then export file that adds that metadata file that can be added to repo.

• https://dsacms.github.io/codejson-generator/
• https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal1#targets_and_indicators